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No. 316,901. Patented @pr. 28, 1885.

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No. 316,901. Patented Apr. 28, 1885.

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BELA KREITH, OF BUDA'PESTH, AUSTRIA-H UNGARY.

BED-SOFA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,901, dated April28, 1885.

Application filed June 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BELA KREITH, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, and a resident of Buda-Pesth, in theErnpire ofAustria-Hungary, have invented certain Im provements in Sofa-Beds, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to interconvertible sofas and beds, wherein theback of the sofa forms the front of a beddingreceptacle and is adaptedto be turned down to rest on the sofa seat and form a bed and theobjects of my invention are, first, to provide a supplementary mattressfor the bottom of the bedding-receptacle to form a continuation of thehinged mattress or bed forming the sofa-back when turned up and, second,to provide the interconvertible bed sofa with removable arms, all aswill be hereinafter fully described and defined in the claims.

1n the drawings which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is afront view, Fig. 2 an end view, and Fig. 3 a cross-section, of thesofa-bed as arranged to form a sofa for use by day. Figs. 4, 5, and 6are, respectively, a front view, end view, and cross-section, of thesofa-bed arranged to serve as a bed for use by night. Fig. 7 is aperspective view showing the tenoned arms and back removed or liftedoff. This view illustrates one method of attaching these parts. Fig. 8is a perspective view illustrating a modification wherein the arms arehinged to the body so that they may be turned down. Fig. 9 illustrates amodified form of the back and bedding-receptacle.

Referring to the first eight figures of the drawings, Xis the body ofthe sofa-bed, which may be mounted on legs and upholstered in any of theways ordinarily employed.

E E are the arms at the ends, which may be secured by tenons as shown orindicated in Fig. 7, or be hinged to the body, as shown in Fig. 8. Inthis case hooks a a may be employed to hold them in an upright position.

B is a board or box-back fixed to the body X, and provided with a topboard and ends, 0 G, as shown. The box thus formed serves as areceptacle for the bedding Y, comprising the pillows, sheets, covers,8m. A is the mattress for the bed. This is hinged to the body or arms atits lower edge. I have shown it hinged to the arms E by pivot-pins D D,but it may be hinged to the sofa-seat b by sewing its lower edge theretoor by buttoning it to the same. This mattress is upholstered on bothsides, the upper side, when it is turned down, forming the mattress-top,and the lower side, which is outward when turned up, forming theupholstered back of the sofa. When turned up, as in the first threefigures, the free edge of the mattress may be flush with the top board,0, of the box-like back and be secured thereto by a hook, c. A is amattress which, when mattress A is turned down, forms a continuation ofthe latter, and when A is turned up A forms a sort of bottom for thebedding-receptacle.

Without departing materially from my invention I may remove the backboard, B, of the bedding-receptacle and secure the ends and top board, 00, to the ends and upper edge, respectively, of mattress A. The sofabedis then pushed up to the wall of the room, which serves in lieu of theback board, B. This modified construction is shown in Fig. 9. Themattress A or its top board, 0, may in this case be secured to the wallby a hook.

The top board and ends, 0, may be made of wood or some flexiblematerial, and the mattress A may be framed with wood, as in Fig. 3, orbe made wholly of soft material.

The arms E may be entirely omitted, or be made removable, as in Fig. 7,so that they can be taken OK when the sofa is used as a bed.

I do not herein claim, broadly, an interconvertible bed and sofa whereinthe sofa-back forms a front to the bedding-receptacle and is capable ofbeing turned down to form a bed, as this is not new with me.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, withthe body X of a sofa-bed, of the hinged mattress A, arranged as shown,the bedding-receptacle, constructed substantially as shown, and themattress A, all arranged substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the body X of a sofa-bed, of the removable armsE, the bedding-receptacle constructed and arranged as shown, and thehinged mattress A, arranged, as shown, to form the front of thebedding-receptacle, the back of the sofa, and the bed, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

BELA KREITH.

Witnesses:

O. V. PAGET,- E. G. J. MOELLER.

